This executive order is issued pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of
Chapter III of the Standing Orders of the Board of Trustees of the California State
University. This executive order applies to students who apply for admission to the
California State University (CSU) for the fall term 2005 and thereafter.
California Education Code §66201 (Opportunity to Enroll and to Continue) provides
that each resident of California who has the capacity and motivation to benefit from
higher education should have the opportunity to enroll in an institution of higher
education. The California State University is committed to ensuring that all
qualified applicants seeking access to the CSU are offered accommodation within the
system. In so doing, this policy establishes a process for application completion
and submission to campuses and procedures to redirect applicants to another CSU
campus when applicants cannot be accommodated at the first-choice campus or in the
alternate major(s).
Application Process and Procedures
Effective October 1, 2004 and thereafter, all students applying to a CSU campus
are encouraged to submit an electronic admission application.
The CSU will continue to accept paper applications, recognizing that there will be
instances in which a student may not have access to a computer or other extenuating
circumstances that may prevent a student from filing an electronic admission
application. In these instances, the student may need to file a paper admission
application that the CSU campus will need to enter into the CSU electronic admission
application system. CSU campuses have agreed that they have an absolute obligation to
assist every student who needs to complete and submit a paper application in order to
apply for admission to the CSU. To accommodate these students, the Chancellor's
Office will maintain a printable version of the admission application online through
CSU's electronic admission application system that may be downloaded and printed by
campuses, counselors, students, families, and the general public. In addition, CSU
will print a limited number of paper admission applications available to high schools
and community colleges that may not have the resources to print a copy of the
admission application or that have requested paper applications for other reasons.
Students who submit paper applications will have the same priority for admission as
students who submit electronic admission applications.
The policy encouraging the submission of an electronic admission application has been
adopted for the following reasons:
- The web-based CSU electronic admission application is available to the general
public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and allows the public complete access at any
time day or night;
- An electronic admission application allows students to submit more complete and
accurate information as a result of CSU's electronic admission internal data
checking;
- Because an electronic admission application is completed more accurately by the
student and requires less follow-up, campuses are able to evaluate the application
and to notify the applicant in a more timely manner;
- CSU's electronic admission application system provides online and telephone
support to applicants who are completing the electronic admission application and
need assistance; and
- The CSU is responding to high school and community college counselors who have
encouraged the California State University to designate one preferred method of
filing an admission application.
Processing the Application for Admission Fee
For applications to an additional campus allowed without additional fee (see policy
on "Applications to Closed or Impacted Admission Categories" below), the application
fee is retained by the primary campus. Fees are reconciled utilizing the accommodated
status reports.
Former Policy on Redirection
Executive Order No. 673 defined CSU redirection as follows:
"Redirection is a process that ensures that applicants for admission who cannot be
accommodated at their first-choice campus in their designated major(s) are redirected
promptly to other CSU campuses without asking the redirected applicant to (1)
complete another admission application, (2) supply another complement of transcripts
and test scores, or (3) pay an additional admission application fee. Redirections must
occur early enough to provide applicants with viable CSU enrollment options."
As originally designed, redirection was to occur when a campus received an application
for an admission category or major that was closed or when the student applicant to
an impacted admission category or major, after evaluation, was determined not to meet
the supplementary admission criteria for that category or major. As more CSU campuses
declare either campus or major impaction and more students apply to the CSU, the time
required to evaluate applications from students who do not meet supplementary
admission requirements has increased. Even campuses that are not impacted are closing
admission categories earlier, leaving few if any options for redirected applicants.
Since redirection cannot occur until the application is evaluated at the initial
campus and determined to be below supplementary admission requirement, these
conflicting forces have rendered the original concept of redirection obsolete.
As a result, CSU policy on redirection as previously used will cease to exist. The
new policy on applications to closed or impacted admission categories described below
will become effective October 1, 2004. This policy will apply to applications
submitted through the CSU electronic admission application process and to paper
applications.
Processing of Applications to Closed or Impacted Admission Categories
Electronic Admission Application Processing
As a result of moving to an electronic admission application environment, CSU campuses
will be able to provide an additional opportunity to students who apply for admission
to impacted campuses or majors. Applicants who apply electronically to an impacted
campus or major will be notified by the CSU electronic admission application system
that they may apply to one additional CSU campus that is not impacted with no
additional application fee. Applications for admission categories that are closed,
whether or not they were ever open, will not be accepted by the CSU electronic
admission application system under any circumstances. Students attempting to apply
to admission categories that are closed will be provided current information about
admission categories and campuses that are open for applications. Applications for
admission categories or programs that are open but not impacted will continue to be
processed normally.
The following procedures will apply for applications for admission categories that
are impacted:
- The applicant will be notified by the CSU electronic admission application
system that he or she has applied to an impacted admission category or program.
That notification will contain the following additional information.
- Admission to an impacted admission category or program will require
satisfaction of supplementary admission requirements that are more stringent
than CSU systemwide admission requirements. The applicant will then be directed
through appropriate Web links to information about the supplementary admissions
requirements for the admission category or program to which he or she has
applied.
- Due to the impacted status of his or her first choice CSU campus, the
applicant may apply to one additional CSU campus that is not impacted with no
additional application fee. Should he or she wish to apply to more than one
additional campus, he or she will be charged an additional fee for each
application beyond the one additional campus.
- The CSU electronic admission application system will allow an applicant to
impacted admission categories or programs to submit his or her application to one
additional CSU campus that is not impacted with no additional application fee
required. An applicant may submit this additional application at the same time he
or she submits the primary application or at a later date. The submission of an
application to an additional campus is optional.
- The applications submitted both to the primary, impacted campus or major, and
the additional campus will be processed independently by each campus. The applicant
may be admitted to both campuses, one campus, or neither campus, depending upon his
or her qualifications.
- Effective October 1, 2004, the CSU electronic admission application system will
make no reference to "redirection" as the term has previously been used.
Paper Admission Application Processing
Applicants who apply to an impacted campus or major using paper applications will
designate a second choice, non-impacted campus or major on their admission
application. The receiving campus will forward the paper applications to the second
choice campus at no additional costs to the applicants. Should students wish to apply
to more than one additional campus, they will be charged an additional fee for
each application beyond the one additional campus. |
